Consumer leverage metrics are hitting extreme levels with examples of consumers taking zero-down auto loans at 49% APR to finance cryptocurrency and Micro Strategy purchases, paralleling the pre-2008 housing crisis leverage patterns and indicating retail investors are highly overextended
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Brent KachubaEvidence Quote
“I'm going to take the zero down 49% APR for 60 months... I'm going to put it into uh Bitcoin and a lot of these people are saying micro strategy”
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Tesla, MicroStrategy and An Inside Look at the Biggest Options Expiration in Market History— Excess ReturnsCreated: 8/11/2026, 8:03:54 AM
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